Dutch archive news, December 2009

Last month's news and announcements from the Dutch archives

Several archives announced changes in opening hours for the new year.

Genlias added death acts from Noord-Brabant and marriage acts from Amsterdam.

The Dutch National Archive and the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation NIOD, launched the website Wegwijzer Archieven WO2 (Guide to WW2 Archives), an online guide to the (usually offline) war archives that are scattered throughout the country. The website is available in Dutch only.

The Central Bureau for Genealogy presented Asal Oesoel, a research guide for people with roots in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). It is the last book (for now) in the series Voorouders van verre (Ancestors from far away). The books are only available in Dutch.

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